Global Warming is Causing More Oceanic Dead Zones

November 11, 2014 8:01 AM

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(Photo : NOAA/Wikimedia) The Gulf of Mexico is a prime example of hypoxia or an oceanic dead zone.

Dead zones located in the oceans are growing larger due to the prolonged effects of climate change, according to a new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and its Environmental Research Center.